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General Internal Medicine • Infectious Disease • Pulmonology • Pulmonary Infections • Bronchiectasis • Transplant Infectious Disease
Do you treat non-albicans strains of Candida on sputum culture or BAL in patients who are immunosuppressed?
Answer from: at Community Practice
I agree with these answers and do not treat either without biopsy.
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Answer from: at Community Practice
Most of the time, NO, because it is most likely a contaminant from the mouth flora while introducing the scope.
Candida not Albicans, I treat it.
I treat if there is a + lung Bx. of Candida albicans.
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at UofL Health
I typically do not treat any candida species found...
I typically do not treat any candida species found...
at Saint Francis Hospital
Usual answer is “no”. But, if I’...
Usual answer is “no”. But, if I’...